Species Diversity of Animals in Japan

Part I. Introduction

1. “Land Emergence” and “Elevation Shift” Affect Diversification: A New Perspective Toward Understanding the High Species Diversity of Terrestrial Animals in Japan
Masaharu Motokawa

2. An Overview of Recent Marine Biodiversity Research in Japan
Hiroshi Kajihara, Keiichi Kakui

Part II. Terrestrial Animals

3. A Review of the Processes of Mammalian Faunal Assembly in Japan: Insights from Molecular Phylogenetics
Jun J. Sato

4. Biogeographic Pattern of Japanese Birds: A Cluster Analysis of Faunal Similarity and a Review of Phylogenetic Evidence
Takeshi Yamasaki

5. Historical Biogeography of the Terrestrial Reptiles of Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Geographic Ranges and Molecular Phylogenies
Taku Okamoto

6. Species Diversity of Japanese Amphibians: Recent Progress and Future Prospects of Systematic Studies
Kanto Nishikawa

7. Japanese Freshwater Fishes: Biogeography and Cryptic Diversity
Katsutoshi Watanabe, Koji Tominaga, Jun Nakajima, Ryo Kakioka, Ryoichi Tabata

8. The Species and Genetic Diversities of Insects in Japan, with Special Reference to the Aquatic Insects
Koji Tojo, Kazuki Sekiné, Tomoya Suzuki, Rie Saito, Masaki Takenaka

9. Species Diversity and Phylogeny of Freshwater and Terrestrial Gammaridean Amphipods (Crustacea) in Japan
Ko Tomikawa

10. Tardigrade Research in Japan
Atsushi C. Suzuki

11. Current Status of Entomophilic Nematode Survey in Japan
Natsumi Kanzaki

12. Diversity of Leeches from Japan: Recent Progress in Macrophagous and Blood-Feeding Taxa
Takafumi Nakano

Part III. Marine Invertebrates

13. Taxonomic Review of Japanese Sponges (Porifera)
Yuji Ise

14. Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) Diversity Research in Japan: Current State and Future Trends
James Davis Reimer, Takuma Fujii

15. Diversity and Morphological Adaptation of Dicyemids in Japan
Hidetaka Furuya

16. Species Diversity of Japanese Ribbon Worms (Nemertea)
Hiroshi Kajihara

17. Review of the Studies of Japanese Entoprocts (Entoprocta)
Tohru Iseto

18. Some Comments on the Taxonomy of the Peanut Worms (Annelida: Sipuncula) in Japanese Waters Toward a Future Revision
Teruaki Nishikawa

19. Nereididae (Annelida) in Japan, with Special Reference to Life-History Differentiation Among Estuarine Species
Masanori Sato

20. The Echiura of Japan: Diversity, Classification, Phylogeny, and Their Associated Fauna
Ryutaro Goto

21. Diversity of Kinorhyncha in Japan and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Phylum
Hiroshi Yamasaki

22. Copepod Biodiversity in Japan: Recent Advances in Japanese Copepodology
Susumu Ohtsuka, Shuhei Nishida

23. Review of the Taxonomy, Diversity, Ecology, and Other Biological Aspects of Order Tanaidacea from Japan and Surrounding Waters
Keiichi Kakui

24. Diversity of Freshwater and Marine Bryozoans in Japan
Masato Hirose

25. Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata): Systematics and Japanese Fauna
Masanori Okanishi

26. Taxonomy of Ascidians (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) in Japan: Past, Present, and Future
Teruaki Nishikawa

27. A Taxonomic Review of Lancelets (Cephalochordata) in Japanese Waters
Teruaki Nishikawa

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